Family and friends of a Blantyre man who died of a heart attack whilst playing golf have been praised by the nation’s heart charity for their incredible fundraising efforts in his memory.
Gordon Smith was just 48 when he collapsed at Drumpellier Golf Club in November 2006.The following year, his family organised a golf day to celebrate the life of the dad-of-two and to raise money for the British Heart Foundation (BHF).The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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Graham Smith, Gordon’s brother, and one of the original event organisers, told Lanarkshire Live : “To think we have raised such a huge amount of money in Gordon’s name and for a charity that is close to all our hearts is incredible. "When we started out, we just wanted to do something to celebrate Gordon’s life, bring friends and family together and remember him doing something he loved - playing golf. "Over the years, it has just grown and grown and we’re so grateful to everyone for supporting us and helping us raise this fantastic amount of money for the BHF." The BHF is the largest independent funder of research into heart and circulatory diseases in Scotland – research that is only made possible thanks to donations from
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